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CURTAIN HOLDER. APPLICATON FILED JULY I9, I9I9.

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ATTORNEY.

RENA GERTRUDE COMSTOCK, 0F MIAMI, FLORIDA.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Application filed July 19, 1919. Serial No. 311,984.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RENA GERTRUDE CoM- srocK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Miami, in the county of Dade and State of Florida,have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain holders and has for its object theprovision of an eXpansible or retractable device adapted for permanentengagement upon a door or window frame and detachable engagement with acurtain, portire, or other drapery, whereby to hold the drapery drawnback when desired.

An important object is the provison of a device of this character whichis formed in the nature of a lazy tongs whereby it may be readilyextended or retracted, the friction at the pivot connections of theelements of the lazy tongs being sulicient to hold the device atadjusted positions without the necessity for the employment of anysecuring means.

Another object is the provision of a de vice of this character whichwill be very simple and inexpensive in manufacture, 1t

may be quickly and easily installed and ad-l` justed, it will beeflicient in service, durable in use, and a general improvement in theart.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window provided with curtainsand showing my device applied thereto,

F ig. 2 is an elevation of my device on a larger scale.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the letter A designates awindow frame with which are associated curtains B.

In carrying out my invention I provide for each curtain a devicecomprising a plate 10 which is secured upon the window frame by means ofsuitable screwsor the like 11. My device includes a plurality of arms 12which are arranged to form a lazy tongs and which are pivotallyconnected at their meeting ends by rivets or the like 13 and which arepivotally connected at their intersections by rivets or the like 14. Oneendmost arm adjacent the plate l0 is pivotally connected directly uponthe plate by a rivet 16 and the corresponding end of the other armadjacent the plate 10 is pivotally connected with a link 17 pivoted uponthe plate 10 above the rivet 16. The other endmost arms have associatedtherewith a clasp 18 which is made of spring material and which isengaged upon the curtain to be held. One of these other endmost links ispivoted, as shown at 19, upon the clasp and the other is pivotallyconnected by a rivet 20 engaged within a vertical slot 21 in the clasp.

With the device constructed and installed as above described, it will beapparent that the curtains may be held back toward the edge of a windowframe to any desired eX- tent, depending upon the pleasure of the owner.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A device of the characterdescribed comprising a plate adapted to be secured in vertical positionupon the side of a window frame, a plurality of arms arranged to formlazy tongs pivotally connected at their ends and also pivotallyconnected at their intersections, one arm adjacent said plate having itsend directly pivotally connected therewith, a link pivotally connectedwith the free end of the other arm adjacent said plate and pivotallyconnected with said plate adjacent the upper portion thereof, a claspadapted for engagement upon a curtain and provided with a vertical slot,one of the endmost arms adjacent said clasp being pivotally connectedtherewith and the other endmost arm adjacent said clasp being pivotallyconnected within said slot whereby to permit expansion and contractionof the lazy tongs to their maximum degree without binding.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

RENA GERTRUDE OOMSTOOK.

